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[2468Chickensrgr8]

My daughter in the pink and her friends enjoying a snowy Saturday..Maybelline our Belgian cross is soaking up the attention..today Sunday...the Sun is shining and the icicles are dripping !!.....spring is around the corner .....hopefullyee

 

[Toast n Jelly]

Lovely pic! Hope Spring is really on the way

 

[Chick_a_dee]

2468Chickensrgr8, You guys got snow today? We had snow all night and all last week. Today was + 4 and sunny!

 

[Sue Trudel]

Hey Labman, how about that, I'm from Alberta and Ardrossan. Not many from Alberta so how lucky can you get that we must be neighbors. I have quite the interesting flock of exotic chickens. Have a few pheasants and peacocks and ducks but the chickens are my favorite. How about the wind the other night, did you ever see lightining and thunder in snow before. Crazy, can't wait till spring. You should come visit if you are ever in the area [rng.214].

 

[2468Chickensrgr8]

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Yes it snowed yesterday Saturday.......today Sunday was sunny and beautiful....we went riding....also booted the girls out of their coop...

 

[2468Chickensrgr8]

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Yes it snowed yesterday Saturday.......today Sunday was sunny and beautiful....we went riding....also booted the girls out of their coop...

What part of Ontario is your town located South/northern? I live close to Guelph

 

[Chick_a_dee]

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Yes it snowed yesterday Saturday.......today Sunday was sunny and beautiful....we went riding....also booted the girls out of their coop...

What part of Ontario is your town located South/northern? I live close to Guelph

We're north of Belleville about 25-30 minutes, West of Kingston 1-1.5 hours.

If you've ever heard of the Havelock Country Jamboree, we're 16km south east of that....

Cottage country! The up-and-coming replacement for Rice Lake which has become really expensive in recent years.

 

[jjchick]

Hi everyone. It is a nice day here in Dixville,Quebec. I would like to thank-you for your help. With the names you have provided, I have been able to find some info. I now have a good idea of how to make a home for my beloved partridges to be. I have almost convinced my hubby to build the enclosure. He is a not too keen on my project. He built a pretty large stable last summer (30ft X 50ft) in his spare time after work and he was looking forward to relaxing a little this year. For my partridges I will build a 12X10 outside pen with any luck I will find a used dog pen on the classified, it won't take too long to close off the top and secure the sides to keep predators out. All dear hubby will have to build is a little closed structure to provide shelter for the animals and my food. I now have a name of someone who is about 2 hours away who may have some to sell. I plan on contacting them today. Now for my next question. I hacthed eggs from my laying brown hens last summer and lucky me I ended up with mostly rooster. I think my ratio now is 11 hens for 7 or 8 roosters. I am not sure because I have been in a cast, followed by a brace for the last 9 weeks, I have just started getting back into my coop and realized this. I am going to separate them and I was thinking of putting the roosters into a cage and letting them gain a bit of weight before killing them for my freezer. Can I put 2 in a cage or will they fight togethet if they do not have access to my hens? How old should they be before I kill them? Will they be eatable? The first batch of hens we had given to us, we killed when they were about 2 yrs old and the meat was very rough. We have not tried since because we found it was alot of work for major flop.

 

[Sue Trudel]

Hi, I have put roosters together before but I think it's best if they are not in same building as hens. About eating them I think the younger the better but not positive on that.

 

[2468Chickensrgr8]

Bonjour and Welcome !!
I have no experience at killing hen/rooster's...when i was younger I was a helper though .....Now I have a great elderly neighbour who also has chickens . I give him my nasty roosters and he does the deed and his wife uses the Roosters for soup stock.

Where is Dixville in PQ? North /South ? My hubby is from Mirabel area and has a cousin in St Canut that sells chickens/game birds...

Sounds like you have a hard workin' hubby...me too !

Alot of information on this site....sounds like your addicted already !! hee hee!!